Part of the problem is that the rating agencies were rating their securities that they were investing in as AAA, in many cases.

存在的一个问题是，信用评级机构对他们投资的大部分债券都给予了 AAA 的评级。

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But the authors write that a terminal rating agency downgrade "should be a manageable problem" since it would come in the context of greater clarity of Greece's future.

但是这两位作者写道，终端评级机构的降级评级“应该是个可控的问题”，因为希腊要迈向未来，这一点已在预料之中。

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BARACK OBAMA: "it does mean we don't have a problem." The fact is, we didn't need a rating agency to tell us that we need a balanced, long-term approach to deficit reduction.

奥巴马：“这表明美国没有问题，事实是，我们并不需要评级机构告诉我们，我们必须用一种平衡、长期的手段来削减赤字。”

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"It doesn't mean we don't have problem. The fact is,we didn't need a rating agency to tell us that we need a balanced, long-term approach to deficit reduction.

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I wanted to mention in this context, because I'm emphasizing how banks help solve the adverse selection and moral hazard problem -I wanted to mention briefly here also the rating agencies, which fulfill some of these functions.

我早就想在这段内容里讲讲这事了,因为我一直强调,银行是如何帮助解决逆向选择,以及道德风险问题的...,我还一直想在这里简要的提下,本应履行这些职能的那些信用评级机构

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Now, part of the problem is that the rating agencies were rating their securities that they were investing in as AAA, in many cases.

同时存在的一个问题是,信用评级机构对他们投资的,大部分债券都给予了AAA的评级

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But it does get the company out from under the sovereign credit rating problem.

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First, the obvious problem: Rating agencies make their living by selling ratings to borrowers.

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The real way to address the problem with credit rating agencies is to change the way they are paid.

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